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title: «Biscuit's gonna live forever right?? he's a good boy,» says Josh's… — Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» an… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Biscuit's gonna live forever right?? he's a good boy,» says Josh's little brother. What's the true answer? Test 8 of lesson 70 «Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 8 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

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«Biscuit's gonna live forever right?? he's a good boy,» says Josh's little brother. What's the true answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gonna, little brother, true answer · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** good boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 of lesson 70 «Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Biscuit's gonna live forever right?? he's a good boy,» says Josh's little brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:t8:1
# text = «Biscuit's gonna live forever right?? he's a good boy,» says Josh's little brother.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Biscuit	Biscuit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	gonna	gonna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	ccomp	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
16	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | gonna | a good boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Josh's little brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the true answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:t8:2
# text = What's the true answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the true answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, if you feed him every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you feed him every day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | present | you |  | him *= he* |  | day |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, good dogs who behave live as long as people do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, good dogs who behave live as long as people do
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	behave	behave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present | good dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **live** | present | good dogs |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Dogs usually live 10 to 15 years, so love him now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:t8:o3:1
# text = Dogs usually live 10 to 15 years, so love him now
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Dogs |  |  |  | year | usually *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **love** | infinitive | Dogs *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | now |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dogs only die if they are naughty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:t8:o4:1
# text = Dogs only die if they are naughty
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | Dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Dogs *= dog* |  |  |  |  | naughty *property* | tree rules |

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